Links

search Engines

Website updated May 2012

Search Engines: Basic Search

Google

Ask
Yahoo! Search Direct

Parallel Search Engines

A parallel search engine, searches multiple search engines simultaneously and returns a list of possible sites that match your search.

Online Libraries

The WWW Virtual Library

The Internet Public Library

Online Reference Resources

Smithsonian Reference Shelf

IPL Reference Collection
(click on the Reference collection)

Purdue - Quick Reference

The Educator's Reference Desk

RefDesk.com

Answers.com

Encyclopedia.com

Information Please Almanac

Yahoo!-Reference

Boolean Operators

Understanding the Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, ETC.) that are used by search engines can make your web searching much more productive.

Click on the link below to understand Boolean operators.

http://www.netstrider.com/tutorials/Boolean/index.html

Search Engines: Advanced Search

Google | Advanced Search

Ask | Advanced Search
Yahoo! Search | Advanced Search

Gigablast | Advanced Search

Homework help

Web Address: http://www.factmonster.com/
This is great homework helper and reference resource. Kids like to use it because it is so user friendly.

Web Address: http://www.infoplease.com/homework/latlongfaq.html

Specific Resources: (Homework Center) Homework Center –Provides parents and students with frequently asked questions regarding latitude & longitude. Provides information and links to help understand latitude and longitude.

Web Address: http://www.infoplease.com/homework/hwhelper.html

Specific Resources: Infoplease Homework Center has Frequently Asked Questions to answer the most common homework questions.

Web Address: http://www.jiskha.com/post_form.cgi?subject=geography

Specific Resources: Students and or parents can post homework questions online and get free homework help from tutors.

More than 200 tutors volunteer their time to help over 4,000 students with homework every day. Students receive answers from teachers in various school subjects including math, science, social studies and more.

Academic Contant Standards for Geography Websites Grade(s) 6-8

Social Studies > Academic Content Standards > 4 - Latitude and longitude can be used to identify absolute location.

Social Studies > Academic Content Standards > 4 - Maps can be used to locate and identify places.

Web Address: http://olc.spsd.sk.ca/DE/k9mod/Mapskill/mod3fl5.swf

Description: This step by step tutorial helps kids understand about maps and location. It has activities that will help students become more familiar with maps and how they are used to determine latitude and longitude.

Web Address: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=e18a8742-faba-442a-8dfa-8f316d7847ae

Description: Discovering the World: Locating Places-A Segment of: Discovering the World: Locating Places

This program helps hone map skills. The use of colorful graphics and animation explain the uses of map grids and the compass rose. Viewers will learn how to locate any location on Earth by using longitude, latitude, coordinates, degrees, minutes, seconds, and time zones.

Web Address: http://player.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm?guidAssetId=DBC75ABD-4435-4CC4-AE36-1C662869F6BC

Description: Using Maps and Globes-Building on students’ basic understanding of maps and globes, the more complex concepts of latitude and longitude are introduced. The equator, north and south hemispheres, and the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn are defined and located down to minutes and degrees. The prime meridian, east and west hemispheres, time zones, and the International Date Line come to life on a world cruise review.

Current Events Websites

http://currentevents.com/

http://www.cnn.com/

http://news.yahoo.com/

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news

Kids College

http://www.kclogin.com/main/go.php

ALL students will initially login using the Parkside building code: KCS43054. Once this is used on any computer, it will not have to be entered again. The system should recognize it. ALL students will use their ID number for both their student login and password. They should all know this number since it is the same as they use for lunch. They should begin to memorize this ID number anyway.

Comic strip Websites

http://www.wittycomics.com/make-comic.php

http://www.professorgarfield.org/comics_lab_extreme/mash_on_creator.html

www.garfield.com/fungames/comiccreator.html

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/

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